The capture of a 3.7-meter crocodile on a Puerto Vallarta beach this week has brought attention to these reptiles' growing ...

Indeed, if the dinosaurs had the capability, it clearly didn't work. Sadly, as the American crocodile showed, it didn't reproduce a viable fetus, which the researchers weren't surprised to find.

Reptiles First 'virgin birth' found in American crocodile as reptile spends 16 years in isolation In 2018, the 18-year-old crocodile laid 14 eggs while in captivity in Costa Rica ...

As American crocodile populations have risen in recent decades, the threatened reptiles have made their way into suburban canals, adapting to the human environment as best they can.

Considered a key wildlife indicator, the health of the American Crocodile will continue to tell us whether water restoration efforts that began in the late 1980s are benefitting crocodiles.

The first evidence of a virgin birth in crocodiles has been reported in a captive American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, who was housed on her own for 16 years in a zoo in Costa Rica.She laid a ...

An American Crocodile can crush a pigs skull with it’s jaws, but once its mouth is closed, it doesn’t have a lot of strength to open it. The crew then carried the crocodile up onto the beach.

The American crocodile is one of the largest crocodile species. Males can reach lengths of 20 feet, weighing up to a ton. Like any other large crocodilian, they can be dangerous to humans ...

Due to the American crocodile’s shy and reclusive nature, conflicts between them and people are extremely rare in Florida.” How do you tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator?

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida family likely didn't expect an early-morning visitor to take a dip in their swimming pool — especially not a 10-foot American crocodile. Wildlife officials ...

On Oct. 1, 2023, Cam McKegg of Indialantic, Florida, shot video of what he estimates was a 9-foot American crocodile hanging out on the bank of the Indian River.